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Exactly

All glory to the hypnotoad!

Bumping if only to help people understand some more recent topics.

I like SpillerTime21's new one

Same thing I was rooting for 3 weeks ago... 8-8 BABY

Was there supposed to be a link or something?

Yes, Neil Peart has openly said that a lot of his songwriting is rooted in Rand's philosophy.

That's awesome.

Have you seen him recently? The guy looks like hell

It's fine, he was using the new meaning, as dictated by South Park.

Just when you ran out of underwear? Amateur.

Now you can wash it and wear it again!

Why would you ever do that? I mean, it's one thing on the internet when you can just go to a different web page whenever you want, but in real life you can't just click something to make the stupid go away.

How do you expect a child to pass the mental and financial tests at birth?

I don't disagree. The hypocrisy perpetuated by some on the "American left" absolutely astounds me sometimes. Edit: I'm curious as to why you included Scientology.

I know a lot of people are put off by the whole Earth being 6,000 years old bit. In my mind, if you believe that then you are either willfully ignorant or woefully stupid. I don't know enough about her to make a judgment, but if she falls under the former category and is only willfully ignorant about that particular thing (and it didn't influence policy-making), then it wouldn't make her a bad public official.

It's not "spur" if you already have a "P" in "gropes!"

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Chic!

It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not

Plus you just look so damn stylish in those glasses, Scott.

I would hope not, considering that I don't go around telling those friends of mine that happen to be Christian to go out and become active in politics. Yes, religion has certainly been an extremely large, if not the largest, force in the history of mankind. It's also more involved in the State than some of us are comfortable with (see: Ted Haggard visiting the White House via telephone on a weekly basis during the Bush II years). However, I cannot see a good reason to tax religious establishments given the direction that this country (and the world) is moving in, religion-wise. The percentage of people in the United States who do not state a religious preference (the "nones") has increased from 8.2% in 1990 to 15% in 2008. In many European countries, "nones" are the majority. Meanwhile, the percentage of people in the United States who identify as Christian (of any type) decreased from 86% in 1990 to 76% in 2008. Given that the "nones" could be the largest "religious" group in the United States (or at least a very close second) in the near future, if you start taxing churches now, it could pose problems for religious freedom down the road. Given the constitutional guarantee of not prohibiting anyone's free exercise of religion, you can see how this could be a bit of an issue. (Stats come from the American Religious Identification Survey, 2008)

LBJ isn't my favorite president, but I'll give him this: he was a crafty politician. Ever since the Johnson Amendment to the tax code (1954), churches are not allowed to directly or indirectly support candidates for office. Punishment can be meted out if a government official hears a pastor (or other religious leader) violating this section of the tax code. So, it works well both ways. We get freedom from religion, and they get free exercise of religion. Also: it's interesting to note that even before the Johnson Amendment, churches were tax-exempt. LBJ just had a vendetta against non-profits

Not a fan of Massapequa?